About the Author Pat Nicolette is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a graduate of Rutgers University and Columbia University Law School. He served as Deputy General Counsel with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was a charter member of the Senior Executive Service and received the Presidential Meritorious Executive Award. He resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Susan Elliott, and Diva, Sammy, and Spot. The Pocket Watch Plot is his eleventh Nick Mercante novel.